Sharp v. Richardson

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• holding that, in the absence of explicit language in the products liability statute of repose superseding the longstanding savings statute, the savings statute applies to lawsuits that are timely filed but nonsuited and refiled after expiration of the statute of repose
• noting that the saving statute permits the refiling of a health care liability action even if the refiling occurs beyond the three-year statute of repose
• noting that the saving statute permits the refiling of a health care liability action even if the refiling occurs beyond the three-year statute of repose
• noting that “repeals or alterations of existing statutes by implication [are] disfavored”
• applying Tennessee’s statutory savings provision to its statutes of repose for medical malpractice and products liability actions
• the savings statute has long been liberally construed in order to bring cases within its spirit and fair intention.

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